266 died total - 260 during the explosion or soon after, and 6 more died later from the injuries they received. (taken from http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq71-1.htm)
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The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.
USS Manie at the Havana Harbor
USS Maine.
The quest for Cuban Independence and the sinking of the USS Maine.
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.
4 of the 22 black sailors aboard died.
Technically, those who died on the U.S.S. Maine were sailors and marines, not soldiers. 229 of them are buried at Arlington.
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USS Manie at the Havana Harbor
The USS Maine was built in october 17, 1888 and was destroyed in 1898
The USS Maine was in the Havana Harbor and not at Guantanamo Bay.
USS Maine.
The USS Maine.
The quest for Cuban Independence and the sinking of the USS Maine.
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.